Staff Reports
A clean sweep of swing states in the 2024 election has propelled Donald Trump to an impressive 312 Electoral College votes, leaving Vice President Kamala Harris in the dust with a mere 226 votes. Trump has rounded up the last swing state, Arizona, which clinched his victory over the weekend. For the record, that’s 86 more Electoral College votes than what Harris managed to muster, showing just how well Trump has appealed to voters in critical battleground regions.
In terms of popular support, Trump is also riding high, boasting nearly 75 million votes. That’s a significant lead over Harris, who this time around can only claim just over 71 million. It’s almost comical to think that the Democrats were counting on a Harris campaign to secure the crucial votes, only to see their hopes dashed in spectacular fashion across multiple states.
BREAKING: President-elect Trump is projected to flip Arizona and sweep the battleground states, bringing his total number of Electoral College votes to 312. https://t.co/CgipzdRp5W pic.twitter.com/G5svCbwNtP
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 10, 2024
The swing states in question, including Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, Arizona, and Pennsylvania, have all fallen into Trump’s camp—a stunning turnaround from his 2020 experience, where they eluded him thanks to that certain someone sitting in the Oval Office. In Georgia, Trump won by a slim yet decisive margin of about 100,000 votes, gathering 50.74% of the total. North Carolina followed suit, with Trump achieving 51.10%, translating to another win of approximately 200,000 votes.
Wisconsin and Michigan were nail-biters, with Trump barely edging ahead by 30,000 and 80,000 votes respectively—though for the Trump campaign, a win is a win, no matter the margin. Pennsylvania rounded out the swing state victories with a respectable gain of about 150,000 votes in Trump’s favor. If only the Democrats could rally their base as effectively, but then again, they can’t seem to decide what they’re actually campaigning for, which might explain Harris’s dismal showing.
One particularly stunning fact is that Trump’s clean sweep in states like Arizona marks a seismic shift from the 2020 election, where Biden narrowly won that state by less than half a percentage point. Illegal immigration was a bellwether issue for Trump in these battleground states—his firm stand on border security resonating with a state that has been inundated with migrants. His promises of mass deportations, increased border patrols, and even tapping the military budget for border security clearly struck a chord, helping him gain vital support from Hispanic voters.
As for Harris’s campaign, the details remain a bit murky. Analysts and commentators are still scratching their heads trying to decipher what her messaging was really about. Perhaps it was the reason for her defeats in these key swing states—the electorate usually prefers candidates who actually communicate a coherent platform. At this point, the only thing clear about her campaign is the substantial amount of embarrassment it will bring for months to come.
